I finally got a new mattress today

after sleeping on the same one since I was little. My old mattress was kind of hammock shaped and it just so happened one of my mom's friends decided she wanted a new one. This one is fairly new and seems really nice. I threw out my old mattress in preparation now I don't think that is a good idea. I am highly allergic to cats and the lady that had the mattress has like 3 cats and I am scared the mattress might have cat on it. I hosed it down with disinfectant so I think I got all the cat off. If it still has cat on it I am screwed unless I dig my old mattress out of the dumpster. This goes directly against my firm stance of "what is in the dumpster stays in the dumpster", contrary to the stance of my grandfather. I have only broken my rule once when my friend fell in the dumpster (actually, I might have dropped him in) and I helped him out.

It is crazy windy here

right now. It kind of makes me want to fly a kite but not enough to really do it.

I'm trying to put together

a ski trip for my church and I am starting to think it wasn't that good of an idea. I typically deal with organization by not letting myself get into anything that would involve organizing. This method really works well for me and I highly recommend it unless you try to plan a ski trip for your church. By the end I am sure all the anal planers are going to try to beat me. Good thing I am agile on skis.

I have noticed that no one working

at airports speak English as their native language. It's so weird.

Yeah! I am not sick anymore!

Today I am all better. This weekend should be interesting and will probably make me sick again. I am flying to Chicago tomorrow and will be back on Sunday. I wonder if it is possible to get back to back colds? I hope not.

I guess the good part about being sick

is that I get a couple days off of work. The bad part is that I feel like crap.  I think I am going to pass out now...

After picking up my grandparents mail

for them while they are in Florida, I am convinced that they get more mail in a day than I get in a year. Seriously, I have never seen so much mail crammed into a mailbox. It is a pain to get it all out!

There is a reason that they make

pre-made ravioli. It is a pain in the butt to make from a recipe. Don't even try it. It is not a good idea. Just buy the frozen package!

I always hope for 3 feet of

snow at once here. It never happens but I keep hoping. Maybe one day.

If I were a musician,

I would try to be a "one hit wonder." That way I could get all the money from the one song without being expected to make more albums, go on tour, do magazine shoots, etc. No one would know me unless I was trying to impress them. "Yep, I did that one song. Cool, huh?" I need to be a musician.

All it takes it one idea

to start a revolution. I think I just made that up but probably didn't.

I saw a negative speed bump

the other day at a strip mall. It was speed bump sized but about 2 inches deep and was immediately followed by a positive speed bump about 2 inches high. It kind of looked like there used to be a speed bump there but someone removed it. I think it was stolen. Those speed bumps can be a hot commodity on Ebay I am sure.

When they show ads for vacuum

cleaners, they always show the vacuum picking up things like nuts and bolts, plastic beads, and bowling balls. Have you ever dropped a box of nuts and bolts and said to yourself, "you know, I should get out the vacuum and sweep these up?" No, you don't. You pick them up by hand. Same thing with plastic beads. Who really needs to pick up a bowling ball with a vacuum cleaner anyway? If they really want to test a vacuum cleaner, they should get a carton of copy machine toner and dump it on carpet. If the vacuum cleaner sucks it up completely I'll buy 10.

I love to fully exploit

that "price matching" policy that a lot of big companies have. I think that this is the only reason I would want a cell phone with a digital camera on it.

For the first time since I was about 8

I shut my finger in the car door. It hurt just as bad as I remembered.

I got an e-mail that said

Lake Tahoe received 8 feet of snow in 72 hours. We received 60 degree weather and a bunch of rain. It is even supposed to storm here tonight. I think I am going to move to Lake Tahoe. Could you imagine what 8 feet of snow would look like?

So if the media says the

economy is bad and everyone believes it and no one spends money, wouldn't that just make the economy worse? I wonder what would happen if they said the economy was ok and things are good. Wouldn't that make the economy good too?

If the plural of goose is

geese, is the plural of mongoose mongeese?

When I grow up I want

to be a professional ski bum.

Whenever I go bowling

I am always best the first game. After that I am lucky to break 100. Also, whoever invented the rules for scoring has some issues. A strike is 10 plus the next ball and a spare is 10 plus the next two balls. What the heck?